(:~:) is from Data.Type.Equality.

data a :~: b where
  Refl :: a :~: a

On Jan 14, 2016 8:56 AM, "Andreas Abel" <andreas.abel@ifi.lmu.de> wrote:
What does this smiley :~: stand for?

On 13.01.2016 06:58, David Feuer wrote:
These are not likely to be *useful*, but they fall easily into the
general bucket of "exactly one sensible instance exists".

instance Semigroup (a :~: b) where
   r <> _ = r

instance a ~ b => Monoid (a :~: b) where
   mempty = Refl
   mappend r _ = r
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